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    "id": 1337147,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kikuyu, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah",
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    "content": "our country bordering Somalia, please; let us volunteer the information to our security agencies so that they deal with this problem of terrorists and criminals. In conclusion, I plead with all of us to exercise restraint, especially in our public pronouncements. It is very tempting to say insightful things because they augur well with the majority of our voters but what is very good for the public gallery now may be very dangerous tomorrow, even to your own family and yourself. Therefore, we must always exercise restraint as leaders because, as the Bible says, to whom much is given much is expected. We have been given the honour and responsibility of being Members of Parliament and leaders in our country. Let us also remember that God has given us a higher responsibility of serving the people. Therefore, let us exercise restraint in what we say and how we engage even with members of our communities and those from other communities. I beg that we allow the Ministry of Interior and National Administration to deal with criminals as criminals and terrorists as terrorists, irrespective of who they are. Ten years ago, the notion was that every terrorist was a Muslim. Today, that is not the case. We have seen many Christians being lured into terrorism and becoming more vicious. Some of the people who attacked DusitD2 Hotel Complex were said to have been harboured in my own county, in Ruaka Estate, Kiambaa Constituency, Kiambu County. We would never have imagined that terrorists would be in Ruaka, Kiambu County. It is a reality that we live with today. As leaders, we must desist from falling into the hands and machinations of terrorists and criminals who would want to come and divide us. Thank you, Hon. Speaker."
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